Four weeks, six steps
A bespoke frame is no mystery. It is a sequence of operations, and you can watch every one.
What happens and when
You decide at three points: shape, sheet, prototype.
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01
Listening and measuring
What is wrong with the glasses you have. Then ten measurements of your face and, if needed, an eye examination.
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02
Drawing and prototype
We draw the shape on your measurements and cut it in test material. You wear it and we correct it.
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03
Cutting and finishing
Milling, filing, tumbling, three passes of hand polishing, hinges.
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04
Lenses and handover
Centration, fitting, adjustment on your face. We show you how to clean it and when to come back.
Why this way
The principle
The prototype adds ten days, and we keep it anyway. A shape on paper and a shape on a face are different things, and cut acetate cannot be put back.
We work by appointment for the same reason. Taking ten measurements with a queue at the door means taking six.
Three things that never change
True of every frame that leaves the studio.
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A written quote
Frame, lenses and coatings line by line, before we start. The final bill is that one.
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Adjustments for life
Tightening, widening, realigning, new pads. Drop in whenever you like and pay nothing.
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Two year warranty
On frame, hinges and lens coatings. If a joint gives or a coating peels, we remake it.
On the method
What we are asked most.
Can it be done faster?
Made to measure, yes: three weeks, because the shape already exists and no prototype is needed.
Under three weeks, no. Polishing takes the time it takes and we do not shorten it.
Can I watch the work?
Yes. The bench is in the studio, behind a glass wall. Halfway through we send you a photograph anyway.
What if my prescription changes next year?
We change only the lenses. The frame is made to outlast more than one prescription.
The three lines of the studio
The method is the same. What changes is what you need.
